Texas Bicycling News May 6th 2022
Specialized Austin begins serving bicycle-enthusiast clientele at Domain Northside
By Claire Shoop | communityimpact.com
Specialized Austin, a bicycle and cycling shop, began serving customers at its Domain Northside brick-and-mortar store on April 22.
The showroom, located at 3200 Palm Way, Ste. 150, Austin, carries a small inventory of bikes and focuses on Turbo—the brand’s electric pedal-assist bike. Additionally, the store has a curated selection of equipment and accessories, and offers service consultations for bike repair and custom builds.
A grand opening event is planned for May 28. 512-746-7201. www.specializedaustin.com
MS 150 2022 | Houston to La Grange to College Station | Liquor And Wood … from bikehouston
Ft. Worth to New Orleans
By Jo Hodgin | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Jasper, TX to Merryville, LA: May the 4th be with you – Sorry, had to do it!
Wednesday May 4, 2022, 35 miles (56 km) – Total so far: 213 miles (343 km) Two trip milestones today:
1.We joined the Adventure Cycling Southern Tier Route, which means we can take advantage of their thorough maps and route advice. Our favorite advice, however, comes from our friend Doug who is ahead of us on this route. He helped us to connect with Elaine and Jim who run a bicycle heaven for the Merryville Historical Society. A peaceful grassy park, a museum and historic log cabin, and best of all their cycle shed, where we slept in air conditioned comfort.
- We crossed the Sabine River into Louisiana.
Oh and number 3: we added to our collection of memorable characters. Jim from Newton, TX hails originally from Galax Virginia,and has lived just about everywhere.
Shaun’s east-to-west solo Route 66 tour
By Shaun Ivory | www.crazyguyonabike.com
Day 33: Amarillo, TX to Adrian, TX
Thursday May 5, 2022, 45 miles (72 km) – Total so far: 1,355 miles (2,181 km) There’s a phenomenon I’ve been experiencing in Oklahoma and Texas, and today was a really striking example of it.
Many of these little towns have a grain elevator that you can see from a long ways away. My brain thinks a "long ways" is about one or two miles, but it can be as much as four or five miles. The air is really clear, and the terrain between the grain elevator and me is featureless.
When you combine this with a headwind, and an almost imperceptible ascent, it becomes an almost comically unending slog to reach it. It’s very discouraging. I’ve stopped looking at my speed while I’m riding, because it is just very …
Laredo Parks Department hosting glow bike ride event
By Ruben Villarreal | www.kgns.tv
LAREDO, TX. (KGNS) – The City of Laredo Parks and Recreation Department is inviting families to roll on over to Slaughter Park for a special bike ride event!
On Friday evening, the parks department will hold a glow bike ride event at 6 p.m.
The theme of the event is superheroes and prizes will be awarded for the best decorated, best illuminated and most creative bike.
You can bring your own bicycle, or you can rent one from the city; however, they are only available on a first come, first serve basis.
It’s all happening at Slaughter Park at 202 North Stone.
For more information call 956-729-4600.
Lone Star Circle of Life tour starting in Waco
by: Matt McGovern | www.valleycentral.com
WACO / TEMPLE, Texas (FOX 44) – The Lone Star Circle of Life Bike Tour (LSCOL), now in its nineteenth year, starts in Waco on Saturday.
This event aims to educate Texans about the critical need for life-saving donations of blood, marrow, organ, and tissue. As organ recipients, donors, or family members of donor recipients, each cyclist on the twelve-person team has a reason to promote donation. …
Ralph Zuke Rides Again To Fight Polio Plus
By Randy Pierce | www.heraldpubs.com
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – Ralph Zuke, past president of the Fairview Heights Rotary Club, is currently on his way to Houston, Texas but not flying in a plane, travelling by train or driving a motor vehicle. He is, for the second time in his life, riding a modified bicycle to the Rotary International annual worldwide conference in an effort to raise money for the organization’s Polio Plus program. Riding a self-propelled “Barcolounger Rickshaw,” Zuke left from St. Louis, where he transferred his Rotary membership to a couple of years ago, this Monday, May 2, and plans to arrive the day before the conference begins on June 3. Covering a distance of over 1000 miles, Zuke is taking on this kind of challenge less than five years after having previously pedaled his way to the RI conference in Toronto, Canada, in 2018, a 22-day trip which saw him raising $24,000 that was used toward the international effort to completely eradicate polio from the earth. That total was matched at a two-to-one ratio by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which brought the entire contribution to $72,000. …
Final Day TDR Gonzales to New Orleans
kelly May Nolan | strava.com
Gravel tour De Big Spring
Corey Ray | strava.com
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Major Timberland Drive Sidewalk Project to Begin Monday in Lufkin
Danny Merrell | kicks105.com
Over the last few years, perhaps you’ve noticed quite a bit more foot traffic and bicyclists traveling up and down Timberland Drive in Lufkin. This can be quite problematic as motorists and pedestrians try to share the same stretch of roadways. As a result of this, officials with the Lufkin District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) have announced plans to add sidewalks running nearly the length of Timberland Drive.
A pre-construction meeting was held Thursday, May 5 in the Lufkin Area Office which signals the beginning of this new construction project. Work is expected to begin Monday, May 9, to construct additional pedestrian sidewalks that will be located on the west side of Business 59/Timberland Drive from Denman Avenue to about 1,180 feet north of Forest Park Boulevard. That would put the north end of the sidewalk near …
Texas Biking from Twitter
STOLEN – Blue Ride1Up XR in Allen, TX https://t.co/TheZ2qXlLk pic.twitter.com/thlLnpyx8M
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) May 6, 2022
2022 @usacycling @USACcollegiate Road National Championship Individual Time Trial – Varsity-Club Women#CollNats pic.twitter.com/P7MnPcwgwt
— One2Go_Results (@One2Go_Results) May 6, 2022
A redesigned 11th St will be be safer for everyone, support more choices for how people move, and is aligned with Houston's goals to be a leader on climate, VisionZero and equity. Sign the Petition! https://t.co/D9wXalqwjv via @Change
— Geoff Carleton (@CarletonGeoff) May 6, 2022
@NCNPODPD riding Ch6 pic.twitter.com/yGHEYfPgc5
— North Central (@NCNPODPD) May 6, 2022
New Events Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event Casey Strong Pump Track Race For Kids – Paris, TX July 15, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/HZJohiZPwt
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 6, 2022
New Event SAKOB Summer Series Ride 1 – San Antonio, TX June 5, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/tAUMmkwJIF
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 7, 2022
New Event SAKOB Summer Series Ride 2 – San Antonio, TX June 19, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/iHDIG9MY87
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 7, 2022
New Event SAKOB Summer Series Ride 3 – San Antonio, TX July 3, 2022 at 08:00AM https://t.co/7lm5ob5pXb
— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) May 7, 2022